Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales in Great Britain on September 13th 1916.
Dahl as a child loved to read and write stories. As he recalls, his parents were huge influence to him.
He write the book the Witches as a tribute to his mother.
As he grew older, Roald attended school. He recalls his school life to be unhappy but it did become
seed foundation for his writing, such as Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
His life in early years is described in autobiography-novel, the BOY.
When he was 18, he joined the Public Schools Exploring Society's Expedition to Newfoundland.
As the war broke out, Roald signed up for Royal Air Force in Nairobi. He was declared invalid but transferrd from major hit. On his way to Washington in 1942, he meets an important writer, Ernest Hemingway, who ultimately influences him to become a writer. More of his memoirs from te war and later years are described in his autobiography, Going Solo.
Roald Dahl's first book for children was the Gremilins. It was to be adapted as a movie by Walt Disney but later it was abandoned.He continues writing, books for kids but adult as well with his witty remark
His childeren's story were based upon bedtime tales that Roald told to his daughters, Olivia and Tessa. From there. He got inspiration of James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was adapted as a movie.
He had mant family tragedy of his own along with sucess from the books including death of his daughters due to brain tumor and measles. Then in 1990, Roald Dahl was diagonosed with rare blood disorder called Myelo-Dysplastic Anaemia, himself. While working on ends of Vicar of Nibblewicke, My Year, and Roald Dahl Cookbook, he passed away in age of 74 on November 23rd, 1990. His books still remains popular, all across the globe.
The Rowing Song
Round the world and home again
That's the sailor's way
Faster faster, faster faster
There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a–blowing
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a–glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing
Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing.
The Pig
In England once there lived a big
A wonderfully clever pig.
To everybody it was plain
That Piggy had a massive brain.
He worked out sums inside his head,
There was no book he hadn't read.
He knew what made an airplane fly,
He knew how engines worked and why.
He knew all this, but in the end
One question drove him round the bend:
He simply couldn't puzzle out
What LIFE was really all about.
What was the reason for his birth?
Why was he placed upon this earth?
His giant brain went round and round.
Alas, no answer could be found.
Till suddenly one wondrous night.
All in a flash he saw the light.
He jumped up like a ballet dancer
And yelled, "By gum, I've got the answer!"
"They want my bacon slice by slice
"To sell at a tremendous price!
"They want my tender juicy chops
"To put in all the butcher's shops!
"They want my pork to make a roast
"And that's the part'll cost the most!
"They want my sausages in strings!
"They even want my chitterlings!
"The butcher's shop! The carving knife!
"That is the reason for my life!"
Such thoughts as these are not designed
To give a pig great peace of mind.
Next morning, in comes Farmer Bland,
A pail of pigswill in his hand,
And piggy with a mighty roar,
Bashes the farmer to the floor…
Now comes the rather grizzly bit
So let's not make too much of it,
Except that you must understand
That Piggy did eat Farmer Bland,
He ate him up from head to toe,
Chewing the pieces nice and slow.
It took an hour to reach the feet,
Because there was so much to eat,
And when he finished, Pig, of course,
Felt absolutely no remorse.
Slowly he scratched his brainy head
And with a little smile he said,
"I had a fairly powerful hunch
"That he might have me for his lunch.
"And so, because I feared the worst,
"I thought I'd better eat him first."
WonkaVite
"If you are old and have the shakes,
If all your bones are full of aches,
If you can hardly walk at all,
If living drives you up the wall,
If you're a grump and full of spite,
If you're a human parasite,
THEN WHAT YOU NEED IS WONKA–VITE!
Your eyes will shine, your hair will grow,
Your face and skin will start to glow,
Your rotten teeth will all drop out
And in their place new teeth will sprout.
Those rolls of fat around your hips
Will vanish, and your wrinkled lips
Will get so soft and rosy–pink
That all the boys will smile and wink
And whisper secretly that this
Is just the girl they want to kiss!
But wait! For that is not the most
Important thing of which to boast.
Good looks you'll have, we've told you so,
But looks aren't everything, you know.
Each pill, as well, to you will give
AN EXTRA TWENTY YEARS TO LIVE!
So come, old friends, and do what's right!
Let's make your lives as bright as bright!
Let's take a dose of this delight!
This heavenly magic dynamite!
You can't go wrong, you must go right!
IT'S WILLY WONKA'S WONKA–VITE!"
Reaction
This is a poem with a message
' Work hard and live life. Even if you
dont know the right way to go or many
obstacles show up, keep going'
This is written in a friendly tone but it
really makes reader think, like I did Rhyme scheme
ABC
DDDD
DD
DDDD
DDDD Poetic device
Rhyme- first three lines do not, but rest rhymes with eachother.
Metaphor- He is describing life as a journey on a boat.
Reaction
At first, when I finished reading, I thought
'Wow, that's true. I never looked in that kind of perspective'
This poem is also very funny, which makes it so much fun to read. Rhyme scheme
AABBCCDDEEFF
GGHHIIJJKKLLMMNNOO
PPQQRRSSTTUUVVWW
XXYYZZ Poetic device
Personification- The Pig can think and talk
Rhyme- couplets (two lines rhyme)
Reaction
This poem is so funny and cute, must like other poems in many of Roald Dahl's book.
I thought 'if wonkavite existed then everyone would've been little bit happier (well for older people)' Rhyme scheme
AABBCCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLLLLL
Poetic device
Rhyme- as specified in the rhyme scheme, mostly, it is couplet
Hyperbole- as all this 'WONKAVITE' and all its effcts are not possible Historical Device
Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales in Great Britain on September 13th 1916.
Dahl as a child loved to read and write stories. As he recalls, his parents were huge influence to him.
He write the book the Witches as a tribute to his mother.
As he grew older, Roald attended school. He recalls his school life to be unhappy but it did become
seed foundation for his writing, such as Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
His life in early years is described in autobiography-novel, the BOY.
When he was 18, he joined the Public Schools Exploring Society's Expedition to Newfoundland.
As the war broke out, Roald signed up for Royal Air Force in Nairobi. He was declared invalid but transferrd from major hit. On his way to Washington in 1942, he meets an important writer, Ernest Hemingway, who ultimately influences him to become a writer. More of his memoirs from te war and later years are described in his autobiography, Going Solo.
Roald Dahl's first book for children was the Gremilins. It was to be adapted as a movie by Walt Disney but later it was abandoned.He continues writing, books for kids but adult as well with his witty remark
His childeren's story were based upon bedtime tales that Roald told to his daughters, Olivia and Tessa. From there. He got inspiration of James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was adapted as a movie.
He had mant family tragedy of his own along with sucess from the books including death of his daughters due to brain tumor and measles. Then in 1990, Roald Dahl was diagonosed with rare blood disorder called Myelo-Dysplastic Anaemia, himself. While working on ends of Vicar of Nibblewicke, My Year, and Roald Dahl Cookbook, he passed away in age of 74 on November 23rd, 1990. His books still remains popular, all across the globe.
Round the world and home again
That's the sailor's way
Faster faster, faster faster
There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a–blowing
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a–glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing
Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing.
In England once there lived a big
A wonderfully clever pig.
To everybody it was plain
That Piggy had a massive brain.
He worked out sums inside his head,
There was no book he hadn't read.
He knew what made an airplane fly,
He knew how engines worked and why.
He knew all this, but in the end
One question drove him round the bend:
He simply couldn't puzzle out
What LIFE was really all about.
What was the reason for his birth?
Why was he placed upon this earth?
His giant brain went round and round.
Alas, no answer could be found.
Till suddenly one wondrous night.
All in a flash he saw the light.
He jumped up like a ballet dancer
And yelled, "By gum, I've got the answer!"
"They want my bacon slice by slice
"To sell at a tremendous price!
"They want my tender juicy chops
"To put in all the butcher's shops!
"They want my pork to make a roast
"And that's the part'll cost the most!
"They want my sausages in strings!
"They even want my chitterlings!
"The butcher's shop! The carving knife!
"That is the reason for my life!"
Such thoughts as these are not designed
To give a pig great peace of mind.
Next morning, in comes Farmer Bland,
A pail of pigswill in his hand,
And piggy with a mighty roar,
Bashes the farmer to the floor…
Now comes the rather grizzly bit
So let's not make too much of it,
Except that you must understand
That Piggy did eat Farmer Bland,
He ate him up from head to toe,
Chewing the pieces nice and slow.
It took an hour to reach the feet,
Because there was so much to eat,
And when he finished, Pig, of course,
Felt absolutely no remorse.
Slowly he scratched his brainy head
And with a little smile he said,
"I had a fairly powerful hunch
"That he might have me for his lunch.
"And so, because I feared the worst,
"I thought I'd better eat him first."
"If you are old and have the shakes,
If all your bones are full of aches,
If you can hardly walk at all,
If living drives you up the wall,
If you're a grump and full of spite,
If you're a human parasite,
THEN WHAT YOU NEED IS WONKA–VITE!
Your eyes will shine, your hair will grow,
Your face and skin will start to glow,
Your rotten teeth will all drop out
And in their place new teeth will sprout.
Those rolls of fat around your hips
Will vanish, and your wrinkled lips
Will get so soft and rosy–pink
That all the boys will smile and wink
And whisper secretly that this
Is just the girl they want to kiss!
But wait! For that is not the most
Important thing of which to boast.
Good looks you'll have, we've told you so,
But looks aren't everything, you know.
Each pill, as well, to you will give
AN EXTRA TWENTY YEARS TO LIVE!
So come, old friends, and do what's right!
Let's make your lives as bright as bright!
Let's take a dose of this delight!
This heavenly magic dynamite!
You can't go wrong, you must go right!
IT'S WILLY WONKA'S WONKA–VITE!"
This is a poem with a message
' Work hard and live life. Even if you
dont know the right way to go or many
obstacles show up, keep going'
This is written in a friendly tone but it
really makes reader think, like I did
Rhyme scheme
ABC
DDDD
DD
DDDD
DDDD
Poetic device
Rhyme- first three lines do not, but rest rhymes with eachother.
Metaphor- He is describing life as a journey on a boat.
At first, when I finished reading, I thought
'Wow, that's true. I never looked in that kind of perspective'
This poem is also very funny, which makes it so much fun to read.
Rhyme scheme
AABBCCDDEEFF
GGHHIIJJKKLLMMNNOO
PPQQRRSSTTUUVVWW
XXYYZZ
Poetic device
Personification- The Pig can think and talk
Rhyme- couplets (two lines rhyme)
This poem is so funny and cute, must like other poems in many of Roald Dahl's book.
I thought 'if wonkavite existed then everyone would've been little bit happier (well for older people)'
Rhyme scheme
AABBCCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLLLLL
Poetic device
Rhyme- as specified in the rhyme scheme, mostly, it is couplet
Hyperbole- as all this 'WONKAVITE' and all its effcts are not possible
Historical Device
Some of Roald Dahl's Famous Books
Roald Dahl - The Official Web Site. Web. 06 Mar. 2010. http://www.roalddahl.com/.
Dahl, Roald, and Quentin Blake. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Puffin, 1998. Print.
Dahl, Roald, and Quentin Blake. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. New York: Puffin, 1998. Print.
"The Rowing Song by Roald Dahl at Old Poetry." Oldpoetry - Classical Poetry Discussion. Web. 02 Mar. 2010. http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/61666-Roald-Dahl-The-Rowing-Song.
"The Pig by Roald Dahl." PoemHunter.Com - Thousands of Poems and Poets.. Poetry Search Engine. Web. 06 Mar. 2010. http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-pig/.
"2009 May." Childrens Books for Grown-ups. Web. 06 Mar. 2010. http://natashaworswick.wordpress.com/2009/05/page/2/.
"Novels." Galloway Township Public Schools. Web. 06 Mar. 2010. http://www.gtps.k12.nj.us/technology/litcircles5th/.
"The Witches." Reading Comes from Writing. Web. 06 Mar. 2010. http://blondierocket.wordpress.com/.../26/the-witches/.
"Kids News - And The Funniest Kids Books Are . . . . . ." DOGO News - Kids News! Fun Articles for Kids on Current Events, Science, Sports, and More! Web. 06 Mar. 2010. http://www.dogonews.com/2008/09/09/and-the-funniest-kids-books-are.